[LM_NET] Fwd: Re: [LM_NET] Power of Lucky (and NPR) & NY Times letter today from Cyndi and KT Horning

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

Oops meant to send this to all of LM_NET, not just
Kimbre! 
> 
> Hi, All--I sighed yesterday while driving and
> listening to "Wait, Wait, don't tell Me" yesterday
> on
> NPR, knowing that it would be part of the show and
> it
> was. And I cringed again and started blogging again
> <fromtheinsideout.squarespace.com>
> 
> Today I added a link to the joint letter from Cyndi
> Phillip and KT Horning (ALSC president) about the
> role
> of libraries and intellectual freedom:
>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/opinion/l25book.html>
> 
> If you go to the original story
>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/books/18newb.html?ex=1172552400&en=44a7b4f7af99b183&ei=5070>
> and look at the link under the cover illustration,
> "Share your thoughts," you'll see more than 400
> comments on the story; the last one at the moment is
> from Nancy Smith, a librarian. I encourage you to go
> there and comment, too, Kimbre...and others. 
> 
> Though our  LM_NET comments were originally read and
> sensationally promoted, somehow I doubt Julie
> Bosman,
> the article's author, is reading them now and is
> ready
> to write a follow-up that really reflects how we
> feel.
> 
> 
> As Doug Johnson suggests in his blog post on Lucky,
> Get that "elevator speech" ready and ready and
> Cyndi's
> LM_NET post again about dealing with the press
> again!
> They may call.
> 
> Best to all, Sara Kelly Johns
> --- Kimbre Chapman <kimbrec@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> 
> > Okay, I've had enough.  I'm also a NPR fan.  I'm a
> > former journalist and freelance writer who worked
> > very hard for my MLS, and am now a children's
> > librarian. It pains me this misrepresentation,
> > particularly since I'm  a recent graduate.  I'd
> like
> > to add that one of my professors (Eliza Dresang)
> at
> > Florida State University, a leader in this field,
> > has I believe written the Public Editor at NYT  I
> > will be writing NPR.  
> >    
> >   By the way, we have this book in my llibrary,
> even
> > though I know it was selected by a committee who
> > seem to have no sense on what the kids actually
> > would like to read.  That doesn't mean it isn't a
> > great book, but it seems that selected Newbery
> > children's books today must appeal to social
> issues
> > with little regard to what their audience actually
> > wants to read. 
> >    
> >   Kimbre Chapman
> >   Children's Librarian
> >   Caldwell Public Library 
> >   Caldwell, ID 83605
> >    
> >   Mark Williams <markwilliams@MAKAW.NET> wrote:
> >   This weekend's edition of "Weekend America" has
> a
> > piece on The Power 
> > of Lucky, focusing on children's reaction to the
> > word scrotum (sorry 
> > if your school filters this message out because of
> > the 's' word. I 
> > refuse to censor myself here, it's a perfectly
> > legitimate word, not 
> > slang, not obscene, not intended to excite
> prurient 
> > interest.) Sadly, the program, like so many other
> > examples of media 
> > coverage, stated that "librarians were refusing to
> > put the books in 
> > their collections", giving the impression that
> this
> > is what most, or 
> > all, librarians were doing.
> > 
> > Weekend America airs on PBS stations nationwide,
> but
> > at differing 
> > times, often on Saturday afternoons but not
> always.
> > Its available 
> > on the NPR web site at 
> > : 
> >
>
http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2007/02/24/the_other_s_word.html
> > 
> > Mark Williams
> > Consulting Librarian
> > Professional Services for Conferences, Districts,
> > Workshops
> > markwilliams@makaw.net
> >
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> > "The closest thing you will find to an orderly
> > universe is a good 
> > library" Ashleigh Brilliant 
> > 
> >
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Sara Kelly Johns
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Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest
Lake Placid Middle/High School LMC
34 School Street
Lake Placid, NY 12946
518-523-2474, ext. 4132
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